Well, that was awkward. So there was the man known as Shaun the Sheep (or National Prosecuting Authority head Shaun Abrahams for those who prefer formal language), high-tailing it out of Cape Town on the 9pm flight to Jo’burg last Thursday. As the Sheep boarded, there was finance minister Pravin Gordhan. You may or may not know, dear reader, that the Sheep had, on October 10, met with the man known as Number 1 at the ANC head office in Jo’burg. You may also know that the next day the Sheep held a rambling press conference at which he announced that charges of fraud would be laid against Gordhan. Anyway, Gordhan spots the Sheep in business class. He says hello, and the Sheep mumbles something incoherent. The Sheep is generally incoherent. Awkward. It gets worse. In cattle class are #FeesMustFall activists from Wits and the University of Johannesburg. According to Tehillah Niselow at Power FM, they spot the Sheep and loudly demand that he drop the charges against Gordhan. The Sheep mu...
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